Ekaterina Gubareva

Ekaterina Gubareva (5 July 1983-) was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic from 16 May to 15 August 2014, preceding Alexandru Caraman.

Biography
Ekaterina Gubareva was born on 5 July 1983 in Kakhova, Kherson Oblast, Ukrainian SSR in the Soviet Union. She acquired a degree in computer science from Donetsk National Technical University and studied at the Donetsk Art School, and she ran healthy lifestyle festivals. Later, she married Pavel Gubarev, who became "People's Governor" of Donetsk Oblast on 1 March 2014, and she was made Minister of Foreign Affairs on 16 May. She organized humanitarian aid to the families hurt in the conflict, but on 16 August she was demoted to deputy minister when former Vice-President of Transnistria Alexandru Caraman became the new Minister of Foreign Affairs.